Proverbs 12:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Common English Bible

²³ The shrewd conceal their knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ A resourceful man conceals knowledge. And the heart of the unwise provokes foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.

Proverbs 12:23 Références croisées

Nehemiah 2:12

Then I got up during the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the animal I rode.

Nehemiah 2:16

The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech.

Proverbs 11:13

A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 13:16

The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense and show to everyone that they are fools.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul said to his uncle, “He told us that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingship, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.